Pocket-book.



0. T.- PORTER.

POGKET BOOK; APPLICATION nun- JULY a, 1910.

Patented Jan. 31, 1911.

' WITNESSES I mvzu'ron O .T. P 0 RT e R OLIVER T. PORTER, OF WICKHAVEN,PENNSYLVANIA.

POCKET-BOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 31, 1911.

Application filed July 8, 1910. Serial No. 571,034.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, OLIVER T. PORTER, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at \Vickhaven, in the county of Fayette and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvee ments inPocket-Books, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to pocket-books, chatelaine bags, hand-bags andother small receptacles carried by the hand or Within a pocket andadapted to contain money and other matter.

The object of the invention is to provide a pocket-book with a novelmatch receptacle from which matches can be obtained without opening thepocket-book, the matches being safely held within the pocket-bookwhereby they cannot be accidentally ignited by contacting with thecontents of the pocket-book.

I attain the above'object by a mechanical construction that will behereinafter specifically described and then claimed.

Reference will now be had to the drawing forming a part of thisspecification, wherein there is illustrated a preferred embodiment ofthe invention, but it is to be understood that the structual elementsthereof can be varied or changed without departing from the spirit andscope of the invention.

In the drawing :Figure 1 is a vertical cross sectional View of apocket-book in accordance with this invention, Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of the pocket-book, Fig. 3 is an end view of the same, Fig. 4is a perspective view of a detached match receptacle, and Fig. 5 is aperspective view of the closure for the match receptacle.

The reference numeral 1 denotes a fieXible bag-shaped receptacle havingthe upper edges thereof provided with inverted U- shaped frames 2, saidframes being riveted or otherwise secured, as at 3 to the upper edges ofthe receptacle 1 and to similar frames 4 located upon the inner sides ofthe receptacle 1 at the edges thereof. The frames 4 are flat and theframes 2 are angular in cross section and intermediate the ends thereofare provided with the con ventional form of clasp 5. The frames 2 and 4have the lower ends'thereof bent to provide lugs 6 and 7 respectivelyand these lugs are pivotally connected by pins or rivets 8. The innerends of the pins or rivets 8 pivotally support the depending aperturedlugs 9 and 10 of a match receptacle 11 that is oblong and rectangular incross section with one end thereof open, as at 12. The receptacle 11corresponds in length to the upper part of the receptacle 1 and theframes 2 of the receptacle 1 are cut away at one end thereof, as at 13to provide clearance for the open end of the receptacle 11. In orderthat the open end of the receptacle 11 can be flush with the outer sidesof the frames 4, the apertured lug 10 is removed to a point adjacent tothe open end of the receptacle l1.

Hinged in the open end 12 of the receptacle 11 is a rectangular strip ofsuitable material which constitutes a closure 14, the said strip is of alength as to project to a point above the inner face-of the top wall ofthe receptacle as shown in Fig. 2 and when the strip is moved to closethe receptacle, the side edges of the strip for a portion of theirlength frictionally engage the inner faces of the side walls of thereceptacle. By setting up the strip of a length as stated, the upper endthereof can be engaged so that the strip can be conveniently shifted toopen position. The lower end of the strip or closure 14 is connected tothe receptacle by a rivet 14" which extends through an opening 14 in thelower end of the strip or closure 14 and also through the lower cornerof the receptacle 11, as clearly shown in Fig. 4.

The receptacle 11 has the top thereof provided with a clasp 20cooperating with the clasp 5 in retaining the pocket-book in a closedposition, it being possible to open either side of the pocket-book. Theupper edges of the frames 2 intermediate the ends thereof are cut awayto provide clearance for the clasp 20.

The contents of the receptacle 11 can be obtained without opening thepocket-book, simply by swinging the closure 14 outwardly.

What I claim is In combination, a pocket-book provided. with a pair ofpivoted frames at the top thereof, said frames having lugs at theirlower ends, said lugs extending in planes inwardly of the planes inwhich the frames extend, a receptacle interposed between and seated uponthe lugs of the frames and hav- In testimony whereof I affix my signaingan open end lugs carried by the recep ture in the presence of twoWitnesses. tacle and arran 'ed inwardly of the ends thereof, means farpivotally connecting the OLIVER PORTER lugs of the frames together andthe lugs of Vitnesses:

the receptacle to the lugs of the frames, and H. A. OBLEY, a closure forthe open end of said receptacle. J. CARL SGHROYER.

